Wilshire Webb offers legal advice and services in the following areas:

a) Planning, Building and Development Control
b) Property
c) Commercial
d) Local Government
e) General Legal

a) Planning, Building and Development Control

• Advice with respect to all local government, planning, development and environmental issues;
• Representation in the Land and Environment Court in development and building merit appeals;
• Representation in the Land and Environment Court in enforcement and prosecution proceedings;
• Representation in the Supreme Court and High Court;
• Advice in the preparation of development applications;
• Modification of development applications;
• Council orders;
• Heritage issues; and
• Access to a wide range of experts in various disciplines.

b) Property

• Purchase and sale of property – industrial, commercial and residential;
• Leases – retail, residential and industrial;
• Compulsory acquisitions;
• Easements and covenants;
• Licences;
• Plans of management;
• Rezoning;
• Construction certificates and building certificates;
• Subdivision;
• Building and construction issues;
• Property development; and
• Mortgages, charges and caveats.

c) Commercial

• Asset management;
• Purchase and sale of businesses;
• Commercial contracts;
• Debt recovery;
• Insurance claims;
• Loan agreements;
• Guarantees;
• Project vehicle structure and financing;
• Joint ventures;
• Corporate advice; and
• Business structures.

d) Local Government

• Probity issues (for example reviews of conduct by ICAC, the Ombudsman, and the Department of Local Government);
• Codes of conduct;
• Pecuniary interest of Councillors and staff;
• Meeting procedures;
• Procedures for public disclosure of documents and other information;
• Tenders;
• Crown land and native title;
• Plans of management;
• Liquor licensing issues particularly hotels and taverns;
• Occupational Health and Safety Act;
• Pollution control;
• Valuation and resumptions; and
• Construction and Council works.

e) General Legal

• Family law including custody and property settlements;
• De facto relationships;
• Probate;
• Wills and estate planning;
• Powers of attorney;
• Enduring guardianship;
• Conveyancing;
• Tree and fence disputes;
• Victims Compensation.